| The Chester Cycle in Context, 1555-1575: Religion, Drama, and the Impact of Change Contributor(s): Dell, Jessica (Author), Ostovich, Helen (Editor), Klausner, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138108863 ISBN-13: 9781138108868 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 822.051 |
| Series: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama |
| Physical Information: 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Chester Cycle in Context, 1555-1575 considers the implications of recent archival research which has profoundly changed our view of the continuation of performances of Chester's civic biblical play cycle into the reign of Elizabeth I. Scholars now view the decline and ultimate abandonment of civic religious drama as the result of a complex network of local pressures, heavily dependent upon individual civic and ecclesiastical authorities, rather than a result of a nation-wide policy of suppression, as had previously been assumed. |